Gaikwad, the Maharashtra team's captain, was unbeaten in the final eight matches of India's major one-day competition at 220 off 159. He hit 16 sixes and 10 fours in one inning.
What a Record? Can you believe a batsman hitting seven sixes in one over? Yes, this is true, Indian batter Ruturaj Gaikwad has rewritten record books by hitting seven consecutive sixes in one over to create a List A world record in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022.
It was the penultimate over of the Maharashtra innings, which started with the scoreboard reading 272 for 5, and ended with Maharashtra on 315 for 5. They finished on 330 for 5. The total of 43 runs from the over also made it to the record books, matching the combined effort of Brett Hampton and Joe Carter, off Willem Ludick, for Northern Districts against Central Districts in a Ford Trophy game in 2018.
Opener Gaikwad set the record At the Narendra Modi Stadium B Ground in Ahmedabad on Monday, during a Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinal game between Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
Because of a no-ball that the advancing top-order hitter also sent over the boundary while delivering the 49th over of the game, Shiva Singh was the unfortunate bowler to give up seven sixes.
On Monday in Ahmedabad, left-arm spinner Shiva Singh was in operation from around the wicket at the start of the over. The first ball, a low full toss, was smoked over wide long-on. The second was in the arc, and was smashed straight down the ground. The third was shorter, and Gaikwad swung it over the rope at deep square-leg. Shiva changed his line for the fourth ball and went outside off stump, but the length was perfect for Gaikwad to hit over long-off. The fifth went roughly in the same direction, and was a no-ball to boot, and the free hit went over long-on. That was the sixth six in five legal deliveries, and Gaikwad got to his double-century with that. The last ball, Shiva finally going over the wicket, was again in the arc on middle stump, and went over deep midwicket again.
Gaikwad also scored his maiden double-century in List A cricket, going from 165 off 147 to 207 off 154 thanks to a no-ball which was also dispatched over the boundary.
Gaikwad, who is the captain of Maharashtra, was unbeaten at 220 off 159 in the last eight of India's premier one-day tournament. His innings included 10 fours and 16 sixes.
While the record for most runs in an over in a first-class match is generally thought to be 36 - achieved twice, by Garry Sobers and Ravi Shastri - there are instances of much higher totals. The biggest, in all likelihood, is the 77 conceded in somewhat dubious circumstances by Wellington's Bert Vance in a Shell Trophy game against Canterbury back in February 1990.
With his mind-blowing inning, the team finished with 330/5 in 50 Overs.
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